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E-BULLETIN
UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
October 10, 2007
DEAN'S
LETTER
October 16 will mark an important milestone
in the history of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering
and Applied Science.
On that day, we will hold a grand opening celebration
for Engineering V, the newest building at the School. It is the
new home for the departments of Bioengineering and Materials Science
and Engineering.
We are committed to providing our students and
faculty with the very best facilities for education and advanced
research. Engineering V upholds this commitment with state-of-the-art
laboratories, seminar rooms and spaces that encourage collaborations
across disciplines. We are very proud of this new facility as
it will enhance our efforts for years to come.
The grand opening ceremony will start at 11 a.m.
and I hope you can join us for this special occasion. If you are
interested in attending, please see the calendar of events link
below. Even if you cannot join us that day, I encourage you to
see Engineering V on your next visit to the UCLA campus.
Planning is already well underway for the second
phase of the Engineering I replacement project. This future building
will house sophisticated new laboratories, new interdisciplinary
research centers, a distance learning center and additional space
for faculty and students.
Sincerely,
Vijay K. Dhir
Dean
FEATURE
STORIES
UCLA Engineering Researchers Create Model to Help Identify
Optimal Hydrogen-Storage Materials
Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and
Applied Science have developed a model that could help engineers
and scientists speed up the development of hydrogen-fueled vehicles
by identifying promising hydrogen-storage materials and predicting
favored thermodynamic chemical reactions through which hydrogen
can be reversibly stored and extracted. To read more, click
here.
Wildfires leave behind more than ashes
After the Topanga Fire of 2005 — which
scorched areas in western Los Angeles County, including Malibu
Canyon, Agoura Hills and Calabasas — Assistant Professor
Terri Hogue of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
collected and studied soil and water samples taken from the watershed
area of Malibu Creek. She found that the mercury levels in the
creek had risen significantly, a discovery that caused some concern.
To read more, click
here.
OTHER
NEWS
Mechanical and aerospace engineering professor
Pirouz Kavehpour has received the prestigious
Young Investigator Award from the U.S. Army. His research proposal,
“Interfacial Tension & Contact Angle of Ionic Liquids:
a Parametric Study” was selected after a peer review process.
The objective of the Young Investigator Program is to attract
outstanding young university faculty members to Army research,
to support their research, and to encourage their teaching and
research careers. Kavehpour has also recently received a three
year grant from the National Science Foundation to study nano-structures
at the vicinity of the moving contact line of polymeric liquids.
To read more, click
here.
MEDIA WATCH:
UCLA ENGINEERING NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
The Daily Bruin
The
Internet calls UCLA home
Most UCLA students might find it hard to imagine a life
without the various technological devices that they currently
rely on: sophisticated cell phones, high-speed laptops and fancy
class Web sites. But before the Internet became
a widely used tool on campus, students were required to do a lot
more legwork – from standing in lines for hours at Murphy
Hall to searching card catalogs and book stacks at UCLA’s
libraries. The technological development that now saves students
and faculty hours of work was born on the UCLA campus by a UCLA
professor and his team of graduate students. And as the Internet
has changed many things about the university, alumni, faculty
and administrators reflect on how things used to work and point
to many dynamic changes the Internet has brought about.
Chemical & Engineering News
Systems
biology fingers Nitric oxide target
Nitric Oxide is a multitasking molecule. One of its many roles
in mammalian systems is as a defense against bacteria. But what
does NO target in bacteria to slow their growth? James Liao and
coworkers at the University of California, Los Angeles, used systems
biology to tackle that question.
CALENDAR
October 10, 2007
Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS)
Annual
Research Review
Tom Bradley International Center, UCLA
October 10, 2007
Engineering Graduate Student Association
EGSA
Social
5 p.m., Engineering IV patio
October 16, 2007
Grand
Opening of Engineering V
UCLA Campus
11 a.m.
October 16-17, 2007
Wireless Internet for Mobile Enterprise Consortium (WINMEC)
RFID Workshop, Conference and Healthcare
Technology Forum
UCLA Campus
October 19-21
UCLA Parents’
Weekend 2007
UCLA Campus
November 2
2007
UCLA Engineering Annual Awards Dinner
Beverly Wilshire – A Four Seasons Hotel
Beverly Hills, CA
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